The iconic Fabergé egg returns

After more than 90 Years the bejewelled Fabergé egg has rolled back into fashion.

BY Natasha Cowan |
12 July 2011

The Train des Fleurs Egg, “He that travels knows much,” recalling the train that brought flowers from Grasse, in the South of France, to St Petersburg, during the winter party season, ensuring the palace halls were filled with spring flowers and fragrance.

The Ribbon Egg, “A gift is better than a promise”, an elaborate gem-embroidered layered, articulated ribbon, based on traditional Russian prints and textiles, set at the top with a large diamond and ornamented with enamel, lacquer and precious stones, a kaleidoscope of colour and texture.

The Diaghilev Egg, “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it”, diamond circles shimmering with rubies, with an invisibly-set diamond drawer that opens at the push of a gemstone, to reveal a matching
pendant.

The Diamond Egg, “Genius is simplicity,” a titanium egg, entirely invisibly-set with white diamonds, a feat never before achieved, delivering a frisson of delight
at its weightlessness and brilliance.

The iconic and highly collectable Fabergé egg has rolled back onto the fashion-scene, returning after more than 90 years. Fabergé, the world's most iconic jeweller, has unveiled its first new collection of high jewellery egg creations since 1917.

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Paying homage to the legendary Imperial Eggs created by Peter Carl Fabergé for the Romanov family, Fabergé has designed a collection of twelve one-of-a-kind couture egg pendants, 'Les Fameux de Fabergé'. Each of the twelve Fabergé eggs is unique and based on a theme, inspired by an old Russian proverb: one for every month of the year.

The story of Fabergé is inextricably linked to the Romanov Tsar Nicholas II and his Empress Alexandra. Of Huguenot origin, Peter Carl Fabergé became jeweller and goldsmith to the Russian Imperial Court, creating exquisite jewels and objects, including the legendary series of Imperial Easter Eggs.

Peter Carl Fabergé's worldwide reputation attracted royalty, nobility, tycoons, industrialists and the artistic intelligentsia of Paris, Moscow, St Petersburg and London. In 1917 the House of Fabergé ended together with the Romanov dynasty and the Russian Revolution. The Bolsheviks seized the Fabergé workshops and their treasures, all production was closed down and Peter Carl Fabergé fled with his family.

Prices for high jewellery egg pendants les Fameux de Fabergé are from £62,875 to £377,230.
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